Tend to believe since he hasn't gained much in the polls.
"Trump is in fact the new type of candidate that will be needed to do battle in the 21st century."
Yeah, that what we need is another "cult of personality" like Bill Clinton. However, if Trump manages to surround himself with the right people, he could be a success.
BTW, I put NO stock in Twitter numbers. Most are just talking to hear themselves talk, much like Facebook banal postings. "Gee whiz, I ran 2 miles today. Are you impressed that I shared this with you. We also went to dinner last night, how cool was that? We ordered, blah, blah, blah."
Mark my words, Americans will eventually grow tired of Facebook and Twitter. They can only spout their inane pablum for so long until they get bored with themselves. Even gamers have to move on from one game to another. Not saying social media will go extinct, but definitely reduced because it is simply boring.
If you still doubt the impact of this, read a book called "Obama Zombies" by Jason Mattera (a good guy). He was of that generation and noted how Obama got the whole youth vote to actually vote---as opposed to "support him" by virtue of constant reminders via Twitter, Facebook (bigger then among kids than today), youtube, and so on. The differences between Zero and McCain were galactic.
As a prof, I can tell you kids don't read. If you want to reach them, you pretty much have to do it through video of some sort, and if that grabs them, THEN they will read. That's why, despite publishing 25 or so books, I'm entirely now about movie and film production.